The Utah State Hospital Photograph Collection, n.d.

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Summary Description
Repository:Utah State Historical Society
Call number:Mss C 923
Creator: Utah State Hospital (Provo, Utah).
Title: Utah State Hospital Photograph Collection, n.d.
Quantity:.5 lin. ft. (1 box, 72 photographs + negatives).
Abstract:Hospital for the mentally disturbed in Utah. Early photographs of both the interior and exterior of the hospital. The hospital was known as the Territorial Insane Asylum until 1896 when the name was changed to the State Insane Asylum. Now known as Utah State Hospital.

Topics:
Psychiatric hospitals -- Utah -- Provo -- Photographs.

Organizations:
Utah State Hospital (Provo) -- Photographs.

Places:
Provo (Utah) -- Photographs.

Form or Genre:
Photographs.
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Background

Background Note

Hospital for the mentally disturbed in Utah.
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Scope and Content

Early photographs of both the interior and exterior of the hospital. The hospital was known as the Territorial Insane Asylum until 1896 when the name was changed to the State Insane Asylum. Now known as Utah State Hospital.
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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation:

Utah State Hospital Photograph Collection, n.d., Utah State Historical Society.

Acquisition Information:

Donated by Margie Johnson Hall

Restrictions on Use

The Utah State Hospital Photograph Collection is the physical property of the Utah Historical Society, Salt Lake City, Utah. Literary rights, including copyright, may belong to the authors or their heirs and assigns. Please contact the Historical Society for information regarding specific use of this collection.

Processing Information:

Collection processed by Susan Whetstone

Finding aid compiled by Susan Whetstone

Finding aid edited by Linda Thatcher, 2000

Collection cataloged by Linda Thatcher, 1999 (RLIN ID: UTSX99-A297).

Finding aid encoded for the World Wide Web by Craig Ringgenberg, 2000.

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Container list

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Utah State Hospital (Provo, Utah) Photographs
1-3. Exterior of hospital
4. Drive on hospital grounds [2 negatives]
5-6. Aerial view of hospital showing surrounding area
7. Front view
8. Driveway and path on grounds
9. Hospital buildings
10. Smokestack [2 negatives]
1. Sheep
12-13. Aerial view of livestock buildings
14. Cattle
15. Irrigation ditch and field
16. Hospital building
17. Fields around the hospital
18. Fields around hospital showing livestock buildings
19. Workshop with broom construction in progress
20. Workshop showing men working
21. Grounds
22. Interior of room with large table
23. Workshop
24. Hall interior
25. Office
26. Dining area or recreational area
27. Pool tables
28. Dental office
29. Workshop
30. Recreational area
31. Office
32. Dining area
33. Hall interior
34. Man in office
35. Room interior--parlor?
36. Workshop
37. Recreational area
38. Bathrooms with tubs
39. Assembly room
40. Laundry room
41. Sewing/spinning area
42. Women working on sewing/stitching projects
43-44. Hall interior
45. Group on steps [2 negatives]
46. Sewing room
47. Men workers
48. Canning
49. Office area
50. Dining room
51. Making mattresses
52. Canning area with women peeling fruit
53. Cattle barn
54. Young people at tables
55. Pews
56. Office
57. Machine shop
58. Wash area
59. Hospital beds area
60. Hospital room
61. Bath area
62. Shop area
63. Canning
64-65. Men in office
66. Women doing crafts
67. Nurse at desk
68. Brooms
69. Shop area
70. Recreation room
71-72. Hallway